>I have started the practice of having students write out the correct >answers to questions that were incorrectly answered. I have got some >positive feedback from students about this.Some even remarked that >as they contrast their incorrect answers to the correct ones,they >were amazed as how foolish their answers were. And think that the redo >is a good stategy of learning materials. >Do any of you follow a similar type of practice?
I don't teach much (am still a grad student), but recall two courses from my undergrad psych curriculum that had similar "mistakes are for learning" strategies. I really appreciated both, and thought I would share them in case others were interested in using them. In one stats course, we had about 20% of our grade come from assignments. The twist was that you could always get full points for each assignment so long as you eventually got all the problems right. In other words, let's say you got 4/5 problems right on one assignment; if you went home and re-attempted the 'wrong' one, the prof would go over it again with you and if you had corrected it, would give you full points. If it was still wrong, you could try again (she may have had 2 attempts as the limit, but offered substantial help if you were willing to seek it). In another course where we had only massive multiple-choice exams (which few people ever actually reviewed to find out their errors), the prof let us know that there would always be a couple carry-over questions from each midterm to the next test. That encouraged us to go and look at our exams and actually _see_ what questions we had correctly answered and see the correct answers to those we'd mistaken. I really like both approaches because they a) minimize the shame sometimes associated with wrong answers and, more importantly, b) help students focus on the exact areas where they most need to learn! =) Jessey Bernstein University of Rochester Dep't of Clinical Psychology --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
